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A progressive veterans' group began airing an ad Tuesday that attacks U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for opposing an amendment to veterans affairs legislation that would have increased money for healthcare for former military members by $21 billion.

The ad is being run statewide and Vote Vets is spending $300,000 to air it over five days.

McConnell's campaign noted that the vote was simply a procedural vote in the early stages of the legislation and that McConnell voted in favor of a bipartisan bill to fund veterans medical care in June. That measure became law.

"Of course a liberal Obama advocacy group that specializes in misleading ads has descended into Kentucky on behalf of Alison Lundergan Grimes," McConnell spokeswoman Alison Moore said in a statement.

The ad features Charles Erwin, a Vietnam veteran from Mayfield, Ky. who, according to the ad was exposed to Agent Orange and now suffers from cancer, heart disease, diabetes and has had a stroke.

The visual on the screen says that he depends on medical care from the Veterans Administration and that "In a time of crisis" McConnell opposed $21 billion dollars in spending for veterans healthcare.

"Sen. McConnell, I did my duty, but after 30 years in Washington, you've failed to do yours. It's time for you to go,"

The legislation would have helped get rid of backlogs and wait times that some veterans face and also paid for veterans' retraining benefits. McConnell was very vocal about his concerns about delayed care veterans faced because of backlogs but Democrats have criticized him and other Republicans for not acting quickly to increase funds to help work through backlogs.